Niimi

Kinugake Falls

Niimi (新見市 Niimi-shi) is a city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

Understand

Tourist information sites

• The city government has an official Japanese-only guide site with integrated Google Translate.
• The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site.

Get in

The JR Kishin Line traveling from the east, and the JR Geibi Line from the west, stop in Niimi, and the JR Hakubi Line connects to Niimi from the north and south.

Bihoku Bus and Hankyu Bus operate highway buses from Osaka that stop in Niimi on their way to and from Miyoshi. It's the cheapest way to reach Kansai from Niimi.

See

• 1 Ikura Cave (井倉洞), 409 Ikura, ☏ +81 86-775-2224. Daily 08:30-16:30. ¥1000. 
• 2 Maki Cave (満奇洞), ☏ +81 86-774-3100. Daily 08:30-17:00. ¥1000. 
• 3 Niimi Museum of Art (新見美術館 niimi bijutsukan), ☏ +81 86-772-7851. Daily 09:30-16:30. ¥400. 
• Kinugake Falls (絹掛の滝), 12267-1 Kusama. The name means "hung silk". (updated Jul 2020)

Sleep

• 1 Grand Hotel Miyoshiya (グランドホテル みよしや), 2456 Takao, ☏ +81 86-772-1131. Singles from ¥5250. 
• 2 Niimi Business City Hotel (新見ビジネスシティーホテル), 2481-8 Takao, ☏ +81 86-772-1118. Singles from ¥4800. 
• 3 Business Hotel Eiko (ビジネスホテル エイコー), 2485-1 Takao, ☏ +81 867-72-1050. Singles from ¥5300. 

Go next

From Niimi, you can travel by train directly to the following destinations:

• Tsuyama
• Takahashi
• Soja
• Yonago
• Okayama
• Kurashiki
• Matsue
• Izumo

Routes through Niimi

Hiroshima ← Miyoshi ←

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→ Tsuyama → Kobe